One of the star cars of Gymkhana 10 is this, a legendary Ford Escort Cosworth from the early 90's, sort of. Back in April, Ken Block announced his multi-series racing plan for 2018 as he competes in the new Americas Rally Cross Championship, World Rallycross, Gymkhana Grid, and a few events from the 2018 WRC. This Escort Cosworth's one of them and it's been tweaked to compete at such events. However, during last summer's New England Forest Rally, his Escort Cossie caught fire during Stage 4 of the rally. He and his co-driver Alex Gelsomino were third placers when the disaster occurred. His Cossie may be gone in cinders but like that General Leia from Star Wars films, it has a role in Gymkhana 10 and it's already gone gold so you can see this car in the clip this winter.
Next is the Hoonitruck. Based on the 1977 Ford F-150, this slammed pick-up in Gymkhana Ten has all of the familiar bits and bobs from his Hoonicorn but unlike the thousand-horse beast that you'll be seeing in the video as well, the Hoonitruck is powered by a customized Ford Performance V6 EcoBoost engine from the Ford GT Le Mans development program. It produces 914bhp of power and 702ft-lb of torque, mated to a 6-speed Sadev gearbox. It took them two years to make it.
And lastly for now, and basically a Forzathon Prize Car that I got recently, is the hero of the Gymkhana 10 video. The Hoonicorn. Although the Hoonicorn's got some new clothes for the show, the mechanical remains the same as the last time we saw it on Climbkhana. It's still the V2 Hoonicorn, so it still comes with a fully custom twin-turbo setup that blows 21lbs of boost to a 410cu methanol-powered engine, producing a monstrous 1,400 horsepower sending through all four wheels, enough to melt all of its tires completely.
Eager to see how the Gymkhana 10 stars reacts in Britain, I took a leisure drive round Holyrood, Edinburgh, to get to know these machines better by all means. All means, alright, because I'm going to see how much star power these Gymkhana 10 stars behave or my name ain't Kamote Rider...Decade. It's time to take you on the journey to the decade, sort of.
That was one heck of a crash course for me to get to know the stars of Gymkhana 10 and it's going to take hours to master these tire reapers but I had a lot of fun getting to know these machines. So, is this thorough enough for you...Kamote Rider Decade?
Ken Block says that he'll drive five cars in Gymkhana Ten but in-game, we have three as of now so when will the other two Gymkhana Ten stars arrive in the game? Good question, though, because the remaining two might be popping up in the coming weeks so watch for it but in the meantime, feel free to enjoy the new Hoonicorn, the Hoonitruck, and the Escort Cossie that Ken Block drove and then burned anytime you want.
Gymkhana 10 will premiere on Prime Video on the 7th of December and then on the official Hoonigan YouTube channel on the 17th of December and be sure to watch The Gymkhana Files on Prime Video for some in-depth behind the scenes of some of the Gymkhana clips the Hoonigan boys made.
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